Laundry-tub stand.



J. OBRIEN & L. A. HEWITT.

LAUNDRY TUB STAND.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 31, I913.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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Joan OBRIEN AND LEO A. HEWITT," on MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

LAUNDRY-TUB STAND.

Application filed May 31, 1913. ser al No. 776,918.

Toall ro/tom it may concern:

LEO A. Hnwirr, citizens of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of H'ennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laundry-Tub Stands; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention has for its object to provide a laundry tub standard of improved construction, and to such ends, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims. 1

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, like charactersindicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in front elevation with some parts broken away, showing the improved standard and a tub supported thereby; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the stand; Fig. 3 is a detail in section on the line m m on Fig. 2; Fig. l is a detail View partly in plan and partly in section on the line 00 w? on Fig. 2;

and Fig. 5 is a detail in side elevation showing one end portion of the tie barof the stand.

The laundry tub 1, which is shown in Fig. 1, may be assumed to be of the standard or ordinary construction. The end brackets 2 of the stand areformed at their upper central portion, with vertical slots 3, having en- 'largements 1. These two brackets are ,de-

tachably but rigidly connected by a tie bar 5, preferably formed from angle iron and having cast end pieces 6 that are formed with upper andlower headed studs 7 The heads of these studs 7 are of such size and are so spaced that they may be passed through the enlargement 4 of the slots 3. Then when the bar is forced downward the necks or contracted portions of the said studs 7 may be tightly jammed or forced into the contracted portions of the said slots 3, thereby rigidly but detachably connecting the said two end brackets.

At their rear portions, the end brackets 2 are formed with "vertical post receiving sockets 8, the sides of which, as shown, are open in places. The said sockets 8, however, afford approximately cylindrical post seats,

having rearwardly projecting vertically exsp ciacaiidii of Easement.

Patented Aug. 3, 191 5.

j tendedgrooves 8 The numeral 9. indicates Be it known that we, JOHN OBRIEN and,

pipe supporting posts, the lower ends of which, as shown, are formed with four flanges, three of which telescopically fit within the seats 8, and the fourth of which fits in the grooves 8 The said fourth or relatively long rib is provided with vertically spaced notches 10 that are adapted to be engaged by a split key 11 or similar lock piece, inserted therethrough and through a similar notch formed in the end bracket 2, as best shown in Fig. 3, and also indicated in Fig. 2. In the upper ends, the posts 9 are formed with seats or perforations through which hot and cold water pipes 12 and 13 are passed. Said pipes 12 and 13 areprovided with the customary faucets l4 and 15, respectively. The vertical adjustability of the post 9 is important because it arranges for supporting the hot and cold water pipes in any elevation desired within, of course, the range of possible adjustment. It also enables the two posts to be differently adjusted when desired, so that inclination may,

be given to the hot and cold water pipes. The engagement of the relatively long ribs on the lower ends of the posts holds the same against rotation and prevents the same from being set into the end brackets in incorrect positions.

It is important to note that the frame bracl rets 2 are both alike and are made bisymmetrical, that is, are made alike on their inner and outer sides, so that either bracket may be placed at eitherend of the frame.

The pipe supporting posts 9 are made in the" same way, so that they are interchangeably usable, that is, may be used with either end bracket at either side of the frame. This not only simplifies the matter of patterns,

but reduces the number of parts that must be p.

carried in stock.

What we claim 1s: 1 1. A stand havlng a supporting surface post having a plurality of radial flanges ex tending from its longitudinal axis, and seated in said socket, one of the flanges of said post being notched, and .a pin seated in said stand engageable with the notched flangeof said post to securesaid post in different vertical adjustments above the supporting surface of said stand.

2. A stand, having a supporting surface provided with a grooved socket, a pipe-supporting post seated in said socket, and hav- 100 provided with a socket, a pipe supporting 2 i V Y 1,148,921

ing a plurality ofradial fianges projecting In testimony whereof We afiix our signafrom the longitudinal axis of said post, said tures in presence of two Witnesses.

flanges being 'telescoped into said socket one of said flanges being notched and extended into the groove of said socket, and a pin,

seated in said stand, engageable with the WVitnesses: notched flange of said post, to secure the B. G. WHEELER, same in different vertical adjustments. HARRY D. KILGORE.

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